English noun: Khmer Rouge | |||
1. | Khmer Rouge (group) a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999 | ||
Synonyms | Communist Party of Kampuchea, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Cambodia, Kampuchea, Kingdom of Cambodia | ||